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UMass Memorial Health Care, Inc.
ArchivedSubmitted 10/15/2021
Updated 12 hours ago ()
- State
- MA
- Covered entity type
- Business Associate
- Individuals affected
- 209,048
- Business associate present
- Yes
- Type of breach
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of breached information
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Sep 23, 2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- Oct 25, 2026
OCR description
UMass Memorial Health Care, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 209,048 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. UMass notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, UMass implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. In addition, UMass retrained its workforce members on email security precautions.
Change history
- Sep 23, 2026Added to OCR's archive list
Source: HHS OCR Breach Portal, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights about this source
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